As the holidays approach, animal activists, worried, put online a digital platform and a humorous video to fight against the abandonment of animals, especially cats, which every summer are nearly 15,000 to find refuge at the SPA. .
The 30 Million Friends Foundation offers a digital platform that provides free and personalized advice to help owners prepare for their holidays with their animals.
Rentals, campsites, residences ... Thanks to partnerships with chains of holiday residences, this platform, launched last year, lists more than 30,000 pet-friendly accommodations in France, by the sea, in the mountains and in the countryside. .
"Today with the Covid, people want to go on vacation but want to know if their animals are accepted and they need information to find their vacation spot
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Reha Hutin, president of AFP, told AFP on Friday. the 30 Million Friends Foundation.
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This device supports the owners of dogs, cats or Nac (new pets), such as ferrets, rabbits or iguanas, by providing practical advice on a daily basis and during holidays, such as organizing a train trip with a cat or the choice of a care or boarding solution for those who do not go with their pet.
"Very Cat Trip"
For its part, the SPA has launched its new campaign against abandonment with a short animated film "Very Cat Trip", unpublished and "funny", posted on YouTube and featuring the Grisou cat who dreads to be abandoned again.
But, the story ends well for the feline who is part of the trip and arrives at a vacation spot with his master.
“This campaign is focused on cats because we collect two cats for one dog. She's funny and doesn't make people feel guilty. We want children to be able to watch it without crying and that alerts people so much
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commented Jacques-Charles Fombonne, president of the SPA.
The collection of cats in the 62 shelters of the SPA is up 40% over the first 5 months compared to 2020. According to her, 40% of cats who find themselves in municipal pounds are euthanized "without medical reason" and "them. kittens have almost no chance of getting out ”.
In summer 2020, 14,629 pets, 63% of which were cats, were taken in, from May to August inclusive, at the SPA.
